Gilamco Inc.t/a Gillian's Wonderland Pier Reviews

My family and I enjoyed our visit, but did think the amount of tickets for most rides for the small kids was excessive.

My kids love the rides but man this place will put a hole in your pocket fast. We bought a $20 card and I could take my toddler on two rides while accompanying her and put her on one little ride with her sister. That took like maybe 15 minutes. You can get unlimited rides for $40 but that price is per person, so if you have a child who needs to be accompanied by an adult you're going to have to get at least two of them maybe more. So I think it would be something to do if you were going to really get the kids on those rides many times over the course of the day. I will qualify this review by saying I'm not a huge ride fanatic to begin with. But for the money I'd prefer to save it and take my kids to Sesame place or something like that another day.

Great rides for adults and kids alike. Do a nice job of having small child friendly version of the bigger rides, right at the front.

It s Easter and most of the rides are closed. I know it s Easter but how do you have 1/4 of the place open.

It doesn't appear to have changed much at all since I was coming here as a child in the early 90s. Fun for young kids, I can't really see too much to do for older kids. It's not too bad price wise for the boardwalk, $20 can get you around 5-6 rides.

Took the family to the pier, we had an amazing time!!!

Great family friendly place. Good rides, friendly staff. Lots to do. You can have a kids birthday party here too. Love it.

Great rides, lots of fun for the kids....great Boardwalk food.

Order your ride tickets at easter and get them half price. They now give u cards. No more paper tickets. Had a blast

Fantastic venue for the family to enjoy the Ocean City boardwalk-A summertime "must do"

Definitely geared more towards small kids, they do have 4 older kids/adult rides but the pier is primarily for smaller children. They have cute rides, a good amount of games and keep it as clean as you can keep a pier with 2000 people on it lol it's a tight space so on a Saturday night your basically body to body, but overall I liked it.

* UPDATE: no response ever received from Gillian's... my sister now takes the kids to Wildwood. *

I've been coming here for a week almost every summer since 1978 since my parents first brought me as a baby. My sister now brings her kids here every year. I rated 3 stars preliminarily because of the situation described below. Here is the message I sent to Gillian's, & I will update my review when I get a reply from them (or if I don't get a reply in a few weeks).
To Gillian's Wonderland: "Around 7:58pm on Sunday Aug 7th, my nephew rode the Raceway Whip. He kept telling the attendant he was scared and wanted her to stop the ride (I have video). She looked right at him every time he went by her, but she did nothing. I don't know if this is your policy to not stop the rides, or if it was just the ride operator being lazy or not sympathetic. Either way, that was not something I'd expect from a place that is geared towards children. What do you have to say about that?"

Never knew all that existed on the boardwalk! Such a fun place to see the rides... Didn't go on any but enjoyed watching...

My daughter loved the rides, but the ticketing system is weird with the cards, I prefer regular tickets so it's easier to keep track of

Their ride deals on Friday simply can't be beat. They actually wore my grandson out he went on so many.

Been a favorite place since I was a kid. Love the boardwalk.

Lots of fun rides for younger kids. Our 2 year old had fun and so did our 7, 8, and 11 year olds. There is a train ride that goes around the park - it looks like Thomas a little so our 2yo loved it! There were some rides that weren't working though, and one area by the swings ride that wasn't blocked off properly - seemed like a safety hazard to me with so many kids running around. There are also public restrooms on the end. Right on the boardwalk.

Looks empty. Needs a roller coaster. 4.00 for a soda.

Great Place to take your Children. More of an upscale Boardwalk

My young kids enjoyed the rides, but I felt it was a bit expensive.

Great for younger kids but it's still fun for everyone. I just wish they would get the ferris wheel working again.

Very good place for families to go to with their kids for a fun night!

It is a good place to stay there. They have good rides
and roller coasters.

Gillian's has been a great place since I was a kid and now I take my kids there.

Lots of rides for younger kids plus plenty of rides for teens/adults. Great family atmosphere.

Very good for some kidding fun and family time. I have two kids one of them is my wife, she liked it very much. The other one is little too small to enjoy such activities.

Chris cruz was a great help and patient with my children and friends , he always works doubles cause I always see him there from opening to closing ,he should awarded emplyeee of the month. Everybody else quits withing the minth

Ticket prices are up, amount of tickets needed to ride increases, staff is really young/inexperienced and had problems communicating.

Had my sons 2nd Birthday party there this past weekend and it was awesome! As soon as I booked the party I received check in calls multiple times from the staff leading up to my event which I loved. Most places forget about you and never reach out. The staff at 6th Street Pizza, where our party was held, were above amazing! The girls were so helpful and accomodating. They were always there to help and the customer service was outstanding. Highly reccommend!

Fun little amusement park. The staff was very polite.

A lot of the rides don't work and the ride operators are very unhappy.

This was my first job when I was 16. Kids that young are running rides with very little training if any. Place gets crazy busy. Make sure your wallet is secure in a zipper pocket or bag. Worse then walking through a crowd in NYC, easy to get pick pocketed. If the pp ark doesn't empty your wallet they theives watching you will! Have fun kids.

Always good times and great memories. Even in the middle of these crazy times.

Great clean beach ,family oriented. Can get expensive. As far as food so pack a lunch and get goodies from the board walk like funnel cake

Great place for younger children super clean and feels family oriented

Very over rated $ 10.00 for one ride on a roller coaster per person.

Takes a lot of tickets for each ride $$$ it's mostly for younger children

Went here as a child and now I bring my son. He loves it and we are building many more memories.

Some good rides for smaller children. Not many attractions for teens.

Not all of the rides were operational. Can't afford repairs or NJ won't approve the operation for safety reasons for lack of repairs. It's a shame. Ex: The ferris wheel just sits there like it did last year.

Excellent deals! Went here December 15 and my son got to go on the indoor rides on the boardwalk here, and there were a few rides open outside. For $10 you get a wristband and could go on an unlimited amount of rides from 12-5 pm and that was an excellent deal because we stayed for three hours! What a great place for kids under 10 in the winter.

Great place for families to have fun on the Boardwalk in OCNJ.